Best of Carlos Fuentes

Best of Carlos Fuentes

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A combination made on December 14, 2012 shows files pictures of personalities who died in 2012 (From topL): Greek film director Theo Angelopoulos died on January 24, US pop legend Whitney Houston on February 11, Convicted Nazi guard John Demjanjuk on March 17, former Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella on April 11, former Israeli Premier Yitzhak Shamir on June 30, Spanish former Secretary-General of the Spanish Communist Party Santiago Carrillo on September 18, Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes on May 15, US Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury on June 5, US singer Donna Summer on May 17, US astronaut Neil Armstrong on August 25, South Korean religious leader and founder of the Unification Church Sun-Myung Moon on September 2, former Algerian President Chadli Bendjedid on October 6, former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk on October 14, Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer on December 6, US Jazz legend Dave Brubeck on December 5, Chinese-born British writer Han Suyin on November 2, Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar on December 11 and French climber Maurice Herzog on December 14. AFP PHOTO / STAFF

A combination made on December 14, 2012 shows files pictures of personalities who died in 2012 (From topL): Greek film director Theo Angelopoulos died on January 24, US pop legend Whitney Houston on February 11, Convicted Nazi guard John Demjanjuk on March 17, former Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella on April 11, former Israeli Premier Yitzhak Shamir on June 30, Spanish former Secretary-General of the Spanish Communist Party Santiago Carrillo on September 18, Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes on May 15, US Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury on June 5, US singer Donna Summer on May 17, US astronaut Neil Armstrong on August 25, South Korean religious leader and founder of the Unification Church Sun-Myung Moon on September 2, former Algerian President Chadli Bendjedid on October 6, former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk on October 14, Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer on December 6, US Jazz legend Dave Brubeck on December 5, Chinese-born British writer Han Suyin on November 2, Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar on December 11 and French climber Maurice Herzog on December 14. AFP PHOTO / STAFF

Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes (C), Nobel

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Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes (C), Nobel prize winner Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez (R), and Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Juan Ramon de la Fuente, talk during a press conference in Mexico City, 26 September 2007. Carlos Fuentes donated the National Library a personal array of about 300 books that includes first editions and translations to more than 20 languages of his works. AFP PHOTO/Fernando CASTILLO MICPHOTOPRESS

Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes (C), Nobel prize winner Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez (R), and Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Juan Ramon de la Fuente, talk during a press conference in Mexico City, 26 September 2007. Carlos Fuentes donated the National Library a personal array of about 300 books that includes first editions and translations to more than 20 languages of his works. AFP PHOTO/Fernando CASTILLO MICPHOTOPRESS

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